Huawei P10 and P10 Plus – the next evolution (first look)

Huawei has opened pre-orders for its new P10 and P10 Plus flagship smartphones for delivery from 25 May.

iTWire attended a briefing and has received a P10 for review. Spoiler alert: both models equal or better the defined flagship paradigms.

At first look, these are well designed, well made, and well worth the price.

The art of photography

Huawei has collaborated with Leica to develop its take on a dual-lens camera — a 12MP RGB (colour) and a 20MP monochrome (black) to achieve the “Leica look” — reminiscent of film photography with no oversaturation or excessive post-processing sharpening.

Version one was on the P9 last year and, while good, was not a standout performer, scoring 80 on the DxoMark (an independent camera review site).

The next iteration — version two — was on the Mate 9 phablet and that edged up to a DxoMark of 85.

The P10 has just received a DxoMark of 87 for what is very similar camera hardware to the Mate 9 but with improved camera firmware and app features.

The P10 Plus (yet to be tested) is likely to top the current DxoMark champion, Google Pixel on 89, if only for its brighter, top quality Lecia lens.

Ray Shaw ray@im.com.au has a passion for IT ever since building his first computer in 1980. He is a qualified journalist, hosted a consumer IT based radio program on ABC radio for 10 years, has developed world leading software for the events industry and is smart enough to no longer own a retail computer store!